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  • Ski Hill Potluck Hike

    published by efmillsnm on Tue, 2025-06-10 08:31
    Leader: 
    Ellen MIlls
    Telephone: 
    5056602345
    Date: 
    Fri, 2025-06-13
    Leader Email: 
    efmillsnm@gmail.com
    Difficulty: 
    Moderate
    Technicality: 
    Beginner
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Allowed

    We will meet Friday evening at the ski hill parking lot and begin hiking up the trail at 5:00 PM. Please bring a dish to share, your own plate, utensils, and beverage. Also, it can be quite cool and breezy at the top of the mountain, and maybe a bit damp.  It is recommended to bring extra clothing to accommodate potential weather conditions.

    Please RSVP if you plan to attend to my email or text message.  

    Ellen

    505-660-2345

    efmillsnm@gmail.com

  • Backpack Wolf Creek Pass to Cumbres Pass

    published by tpietrass on Wed, 2025-02-19 20:59
    Leader: 
    Tanja Pietrass
    Telephone: 
    575-418-7969
    Date: 
    Wed, 2025-07-02
    Leader Email: 
    tpietrass@gmail.com
    Difficulty: 
    Strenuous
    Technicality: 
    Intermediate
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Not allowed

    This is a 70 mile backpack (ca. 12,000 ft elevation gain) on the CDT over the 4th of July weekend. We will either depart very early on Wed. morning, or leave Tuesday afternoon. It will take us about 5 hours to drive there and set up the car shuttle. Last year we went to Blue Lake and turned off there, but the access trail was in horrendous condition. This time, I want to take the easier route and hike all the way from 160. Expect ~15 mile days, to allow for a slightly shorter hiking day on Sunday, and early morning departures (not crazy early, around 7:30 am).

  • Cruces Basin not-so-difficult backpack

    published by Anonymous on Wed, 2025-06-04 11:12
    Leader: 
    Bill Priedhorsky
    Telephone: 
    (505) 412-0376
    Date: 
    Thu, 2025-07-10
    Leader Email: 
    bill@priedhorsky.net
    Difficulty: 
    Moderate
    Technicality: 
    Beginner
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Allowed

    I would like to announce a two or three-night backpacking trip into Cruces Basin for July 10-13. While this is not a difficult backpack in terms of the difficulty of hike, participants should have some previous backpacking experience. Cruces Basin is pristine wilderness located west of San Antonio mountain near the New Mexico/ Colorado border. We’ve been a few times before, and it is well worth going back. This trip will be a mellow adventure with a short hike to our camp followed by hikes to explore the Basin.

  • Introduction to Backcountry Fly Fishing

    published by mraltherr1 on Tue, 2025-06-03 08:30
    Leader: 
    Michael Altherr
    Telephone: 
    5054120061
    Date: 
    Fri, 2025-07-18
    Leader Email: 
    mraltherr1@gmail.com
    Difficulty: 
    Easy
    Technicality: 
    Intermediate
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Not allowed

    This is a trip to introduce folks who enjoy being in wild places to the mania of fly fishing. You should have some experience in backpacking and the necessary kit. You do not need to be an experienced fly fisher, but you will need a fly rod, reel, leader, tippet and imitation flys. Some exposure to fly fishing would be helpful but is not necessary. A pre trip planning and organizational meeting will be held Wednesday July 9th at the library at 5:30 a week in advance of the trip. The trip is limited to six participants.

  • Aleutian Island Adventure with Backpacking

    published by tpietrass on Sun, 2025-02-23 10:16
    Leader: 
    Tanja Pietrass
    Telephone: 
    575-418-7969
    Date: 
    Sat, 2025-08-09
    Leader Email: 
    tpietrass@gmail.com
    Difficulty: 
    Moderate
    Technicality: 
    Intermediate
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Not allowed

    This is a trip to Adak Island, in the Central Aleutians of the Aleutian Island Chain. I have chosen Adak for ease of access - you can fly there with Alaska Airlines. For reference, I paid ca. $1,500 for my roundtrip ticket from ABQ (August 9-20, 2025).

  • Climbing the Handies Group

    published by tim_rennick on Sun, 2025-06-01 06:36
    Leader: 
    Tim Rennick and Norbert Ensslin
    Telephone: 
    6144249906
    Date: 
    Fri, 2025-08-15
    Leader Email: 
    tim_rennick@hotmail.com
    Difficulty: 
    Moderate
    Technicality: 
    Intermediate
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Not allowed

    We’re organizing a rewarding two-night backpacking trip into the beautiful and rugged Handies Peak Group—and we invite fellow LA Mountaineers to join us! We’ll explore the high basins and peaks of the San Juan Mountains, with the opportunity to summit several Centennial peaks, including Handies Peak (14,048 ft), Redcloud Peak (14,034 ft), and Sunshine Peak (14,001 ft). For those looking to push further, there’s also the option to climb two unnamed Centennial Thirteeners just east of Redcloud. Expect incredible alpine scenery, wildflowers, solitude—and early starts!

    Trip Overview:

  • Wind Rivers Backpack

    published by tpietrass on Sun, 2025-02-23 09:37
    Leader: 
    Tanja Pietrass
    Telephone: 
    575-418-7969
    Date: 
    Sat, 2025-09-06
    Leader Email: 
    tpietrass@gmail.com
    Difficulty: 
    Strenuous
    Technicality: 
    Intermediate
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Not allowed

    This will be a 7-day backpacking trip in the Wind River Range, WY. The drive to the trailhead is ca. 12 hours (more including stops for gas and food), so will add 2 days to the total trip length. I am planning a 50-mile loop that is largely off-trail. We will revisit one of my favorite areas (the Cooks Lakes) and hit on a few spots that I missed last time (such as the Alpine Lakes). Mileage per day is planned to be moderate so there is time to enjoy the scenery, and to account for the fact that moving off-trail is significantly slower.

  • Hanksville-based Hiking October 5-12, 2025

    published by Anonymous on Sat, 2025-05-10 16:10
    Leader: 
    Bill Priedhorsky
    Telephone: 
    (505) 412-0376
    Date: 
    Sun, 2025-10-05
    Leader Email: 
    bill@priedhorsky.net
    Difficulty: 
    Moderate
    Technicality: 
    Intermediate
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Not allowed

    We have returned from our last llama trip with packer BJ Orozco. Since there will not be a llama trip this fall, I have arranged to rent a very nice house in Hanksville, Utah (https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/48361359), which will our base for a week of day hiking in a part of Utah that has escaped my attention for these many years. We have the house from Sunday October 5 to Sunday October 12, giving us 6 days for hiking.

  • Moab bike/hike/explore Nov. 1-9, 2025

    published by Anonymous on Sat, 2025-03-08 15:06
    Leader: 
    Bill Priedhorsky
    Telephone: 
    5054120376
    Date: 
    Sat, 2025-11-01
    Leader Email: 
    bill@priedhorsky.net
    Difficulty: 
    Moderate
    Technicality: 
    Intermediate
    Are dogs allowed?: 
    Not allowed

    I would like to announce the seventeenth edition of our successful hike/explore/bike trips to Moab. We have been going almost every November since 2008, and every time has been a great success. The 2014 trip report can be found at http://lamountaineers.org/node/479#comment-57. Let me (Bill Priedhorsky) know if you would like to join the trip.

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